Post-Merger Integration Blog

We’ve been hiring recently in the Beyond office – with a multitude of CV’s, Interviews and a great selection of different types of people we started to nail down what we wanted to see in a persons character.

Below you will find six reasons why you may not have got a previous job!

We were having a discussion in the office the other day about how expectations are changing within the workplace. What came out of it was that there is commonly an expectation of ‘Entitlement’ in the workplace. I've been pondering this somewhat in order to understand our discussion in more detail. It also gave me the opportunity to use Daffy Duck in a blog.

The way we feel will influence our behaviour in different ways for different people. Our emotions affect how we work, the way we speak to others, our body language and our mental stability. What is interesting is the way that as individuals we act on our emotions in differently depending on the environment.

My family were walking along a main street in a better part of London last week with our 3-year old in her buggy when a lady quickly jumped out at us, concerned, pointing to a rubbish bin. The lady was anxious and wanted to warn us that the bin was alight, on fire, and we were on track to walk very close to it.

Starting a business is an exciting moment in your life, you’ve made a huge decision to step away from the ‘traditional’ employment and start something amazing. You’ve got the ideas, you may even have a prototype, you’ve got great contacts and a growing network. So what’s the worry right?

We all know how busy our work lives can be and yet there’s still only 5 working days in a week. Therefore, pulling your head out of your daily work routine for an hour on a Monday seems bonkers. But stop to consider that one, two or perhaps five of your weekly tasks could be scrapped or automated at the hand of gathering with your team once a week. So, here are five reasons that will change your view on weekly team meetings:

At the same time as working out your PMI approach, your organisation should also think about how you’re going to communicate your new business strategy. An M&A marketing plan should be comprehensive in its scope as it needs to convey information to a wide audience that includes shareholders, employees and customers. Your PMI marketing plan could include informative material such as press releases and brochures that will help sell the transition. Videos are a great way to talk directly to people and can be posted on your digital platforms. And then there’s social media to consider.